The officers knew they were a mere slash away from being injured or killed," Police Chief Kelly McMillin said.

The officers knew they were a mere slash away from being injured or killed," Police Chief Kelly McMillin said.

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Updated: 7:32 PM PDT May 15, 2014

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WEBVTT FRIDAY NIGHT IN SALINASOUTSIDE MI PUEBLOMARKET, A SHOOTINGTHAT INVOLVED TWOSALINAS POLICEOFFICERS.TODAY, THE CITY'S TOPCOPS SPOKE PUBLICLYABOUT THE STRING OFEVENTS LEADING UP TOTHE SHOOTING.ACTION NEWSREPORTER FELIX CORTEZIS LIVE IN SALINAS WITHMORE.####BUT MOSTIMPORTANTLY TODAYTOP BRASS SAYING THEIROFFICERS ACTED SWIFTLYAND LAWFULLY WHENTHEY SHOT AND KILLED AMAN WHO EARLIER HADBEEN WAVING AROUND ALARGE KNIFE..the family of osmanhernandez who was shotand killed by salinaspolice lashing out atofficers after police chiefkelly mcmillin said hisofficers were justified inshooting the 26 year oldfarmworker..3:54 what they feel like is thattheir family member was shotlikea dog in the dirt :572:00 and here they didn't justshoot to kill the shot tooverkill:03 the amount of lead put intothis man is just reprehensible:08Police had reports thathernandez was chasingand attacking peoplewith a knife in theparking lot of mi pueblo..This is video of himwaving the knife aroundafter police say he waskicked out of nearby barafter threatening to killsomeone..Police say hernandez wasdazed, didn't followsimple orders to getdown and had to betased.. within minuteshernandez was shot todeath.52:30 they stepped in very closeto make that arrest that's whenhe very quickly armed himselfwith that knife and because theproximity of the officers thattheya mere slash away frompotentially being injured orkilledthey responded with appropriateforce :46at a new conferencethursday morning thechief wouldn't say howmany rounds were firedinto hernandez.. andthey wouldn't confirmwitness reports that oneof the weapons fired wasan assualt rifle..:56you think of the wordsexcessive force why did theyfeelthey needed to use him as targetpractice :04police say hernandez hada 10 inch knife he used inthe fields..And according to policefriends and family hadwarned hernandez tokeep the knife at home..32:07 and he was warned bythese residents, you might notwant to carry a weapon like thatout in public and in particularifwere to be contacted by policeitcould turn out to be verynegativecontact :19POLICE ALSO SAYHERNANDEZ BLEW A KISSTO ONE OF THE OFFICERSAND UTTERED THEWORDS "PLEASE FORGIVEME" JUST BEFORE HEREACHED FOR THEKNIFE..THE POLICE CHIEFWOULDN'T COMMENT ONWHETHER THAT WASINDICATIVE OF SOMEONETRYING TO COMMITSUICIDE BY COP..THE CHIEF SAID AFINAL REPORT WILLENVENTUALLY BEFORWARDED TO THEDISTRICT ATTORNEY'SOFFICE..PROSECUTORS WILLDECIDE WHETHER ANYCRIMINAL CHARGESSHOULD BE FILEDAGAINST THE OFFICERS..DAN/ERIN.##THE THREE OFFICERSINVOLVED IN THATSHOOTING ARE ALLVETERAN OFFICERS.. ANDHAVE BEEN CLEARED TORETURN BACK TO WORK..###ALSO ON THE CRIMEWATCH: THE MARINA